"You should worry about yourself instead of others. How have you been lately?" David asked Annie when he saw Annie's confused expression.
Annie snapped out of her thoughts. Shrugging, she said, "Same old, same old. Happy at times, sad at times… You know."
"How about your sleep? Has it improved?"
Annie sighed. "Not really. It'll take me at least a few hours to fall asleep. I keep having nightmares as well, so I always wake up tired."
David put down his cup of coffee. "We might really need to put you on pills if this continues," he said seriously.
…
Corinne walked around the neighborhood with 'Bryan' in her arms to look for a taxi, but not one was in sight.
The neighborhood they were in was a high-end area reserved only for the wealthy. This meant that not many people there would require a taxi, nor would taxi drivers go there to solicit for business.
After a while, her arms started to feel sore from carrying 'Bryan'.
She thought she would find a place to talk with the boy since she could not find a taxi for the time being.
She spotted a walled flower bed in front of them, so she walked over, sat 'Bryan' down on top of the wall, and sat down herself.
'Bryan' blinked at her innocently. "Mommy, aren't we going home?"
Corinne narrowed her eyes. She held his face with both hands to look at him closely. Alas, she could not find anything different about him at all.
'Bryan' frowned anxiously. "Mommy… What are you doing? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Corinne's eyes darkened slightly. "You're not really Bryan, are you?"
Guilt immediately filled the boy's eyes. "I…"
Corinne's heart ached even more when she heard him calling her 'Aunt Corinne'.
'So he has no idea that I'm his real mother,' she thought.
"Are you not happy living with your Daddy? Is that why you want to stay with me?" she asked.
Benjamin shook his head. "No, it's not that. My Daddy loves me very much and spends time with me everyday, but I don't like the woman we're living with. She keeps Daddy and I locked up in the house."
Corinne frowned. She naturally knew who the woman was.
"Is the woman not good to you two?" she asked.
Benjamin shook his head again. However, he did not know how to explain what he thought of Sophia to Corinne.
"She said she's my Mommy, and she takes very good care of me and Daddy. But she controls our freedom, especially Daddy's! She wouldn't let us go out or talk to anyone else."
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...